FROM OUR BOARD CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT AND CEO

In the last nail-biting minutes of Super Bowl XXXIX, the New England Patriots pulled off a 24-21 win against the Philadelphia Eagles. But the surprise superstar was Staples, the office supplies super store. That day it launched a 15-second game-changing TV ad, featuring a giant red button that could magically solve complex problems. As pandemic-era funding ended and state and federal funding priorities changed in 2025, many of our nonprofit organizations needed an “easy button” to navigate financial uncertainty. The Foundation responded by investing $973,000 in a new “Flexible Funding Grant Program” (see page 4) to help 53 organizations continue critical programs, plan for change, and build capacity. June brought more good news.

We met—and exceeded—our biggest challenge ever. We raised $3,530,558 to support all areas of community life, especially areas where the needs are great, but our resources are not. The gifts from this timely challenge allowed us to be nimble and responsive and helped us create our “Flexible Funding Grant Program” and advance other initiatives. By the end of 2025, we had distributed over $7 million in grants and scholarships.

We also launched a six-part series about Planned Giving that profiled how donors can maximize the impact of their philanthropy now and for generations to come through a partnership with The Cape Cod Foundation. Over the next two decades, the United States will experience an unprecedented shift of demographics and finances that will likely impact every American: The Great Wealth Transfer. According to experts, Baby Boomers are expected to transfer $84 trillion in homes, businesses, and investments to the next generation and about $10-$12 trillion to charitable organizations. The heart of the series contained stories of 10 forward-thinking individuals who created legacy gifts with The Cape Cod Foundation and illustrated the individual and collective impact their generosity has had on Cape Cod.

Please take a few moments to review this report, which summarizes some of the other important initiatives we’ve advanced and the impact we’ve achieved during the year. We haven’t done this alone. Working together works.

Mark Quinn, Board Chair
Kristin O’Malley, President and CEO

2025 DISTRIBUTION

The Cape Cod Foundation administers more than 330 funds, including charitable funds for individual donors and its own discretionary funds for strategic grantmaking. In 2025, we distributed a total of $7,079,580 in grants and scholarships. View a list of all grant recipients HERE.

The Foundation offers several Competitive and Responsive Grantmaking Programs to support programs and capacity-building initiatives throughout the region’s nonprofit sector and to respond to immediate community need. Learn more about our discretionary grantmaking here.

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